Download or Read online The House of the Scorpion full in PDF, ePub and kindle. this book written by Nancy Farmer and published by Simon and Schuster which was released on 11 May 2010 with total page 400 pages. We cannot guarantee that The House of the Scorpion book is available in the library, click Get Book button and read full online book in your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile whenever and wherever You Like. This modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human. Winner of the National Book Award as well as Newbery and Printz Honors. Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium—a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt’s first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster—except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón’s power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn’t even suspect.
The House of the Scorpion
- Author : Nancy Farmer
- Publisher : Simon and Schuster
- Pages : 400 pages
- ISBN : 143910655X
- Release : 11 May 2010
- Rating : 4/5 from 167 reviews
